Garment-greaser



A. BROWN.

GARMENT CREASER.'

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 3, 1910.

1,324,004. Patented Dec. 2,19 19.

//v vbwrmq AL FRED ERDW ALFRED BROWN, 01? CROCKETT, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-GREASER.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BROWN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Crockett, in the county of Contra Costa and State of California, have invented new and showing also a stretcher pin applied thereto Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a ring forming part of the invention F 1g. (3 1S a similar view of a retainer pin; Fig.7 is a similar" View of a stretcher pin.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a thin fiat strip of hard wood of much greater length than width. For forming acrease or for pressing the edge of a garment flat a grees in addition, two circular portions 3 of the coil lying closely adjacent to each other. At one end the coil is bent radially inward as shown at a. The two circular portions 3 of the coil which extend side by side are placed on opposite sides of the two wooden strips so placed close togetheron opposite sides of the fold in the cloth, the inwardly extending or radial portion 4L of the coil pressing against one of said strips, and, on account of the tension of the spring wire, which causes the adjacent circular portions 3 of the coil to lie close together, the strips 1 are firmly compressed by means of the spring rings. 7

I generally use three rings to each pair of strips, although in certain cases I may use less and in other cases more. Pairs of strips are applied to the garment at all places where it is desired to form creases therein or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed January 3, 1918. Serial No. 210,126.

to straighten out edges thereof. For in stance, as shown in Fig. l, on each side of the garment a pair of strips 1 may be applied onopposite sides of the upper edge of the coat collar, a pair of strips 1 are placed on opposite sides of the front or lower edges of the coat; a pair of strips 1 are placed on opposite sides of the front portion of the bottomedges of the garment; and a pair of strips 1 are. placed on opposite sides of the rear portion of the lower edges of the garment thereof. These strips 1, 1 1 1 are used for the purpose offlattening the edges of the garment. A "pair of strips 1 are placed on opposite sides of a fold in the front of each sleeve of the garment to crease the same and a pair of strips 1 on oppositesides of a fold at the rear of each sleeve of the garment to crease the same. The outer edges of the strips of saidlatter pair are formed with holes 6 tov receive the buttons 7 in the lower end of said'sleeve. A pair of strips 1 are placed on opposite sides of a fold in the back of the garment at each side of said back to crease the same.

A pair of strips 1 is applied in a similar manner to the upper edge of each side of the waistcoat and a pair of strips 1 is applied to the front edge of each side of the waistcooat,

one strip of said latter pair being formed with holes 8 to receive. therein the buttons 9 of the waistcoat, and the pair of strips 1 is also applied to the bottom edge of each side of the waistcoat.

In a similar manner for pressing the trousers into their proper shape there are applied the pair of strips l to the upper front fold of each leg of the trousers the pair of strips l to the lower front fold of each leg, the pair of strips 1" to theupper rear fold of each leg, the pair of strips 1 is also applied to the lower rear fold of each leg. The pair of strips 1 is applied to the middle of the trousers between the pair of strips 1 and 1 above the same and 1 and 1 below the same, a pair of strips 1 to the top edges of the trousers and a pair 'of strips 1 t0 the bottom edges thereof.

It may be remarked that in some cases the same pair of strips may be used for either of two diiferent garments. Thus the pair of strips 1 can be used in the location for which I have designated the pair of strips 1,

Should I the spring tension tending to press the two adjacent circular parts of the ring together, which is the force relied upon to press the strips together and so crease the cloth of the garment therebe tween, become weakened by continued use,- the circular portion 3' from Which extend the inwardly directed or radial portions at may be moved to the-other side of the adjacent circular portion 3 .by pressing it slightly inward, or by pressing the other acnacent portlon' 3 both, and then passing the'i o-rmer portion v inside the latter to the other side thereof.-

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'lVhen it has been so passed to the other side, the two adJa-cent circular portions 3 press agzunstv each other With a force-Which Wlll bedependent upon-the extent to which they have become bent outward from each other by continued use. Since the outwardwbend has now become an inward bend, toward each other.

In certain cases where it may be found de-" sirable Inray use a retainerll forholding. the cloth to a strip 1. This" reta ner is formed of springxwire and has a centhe ed es of the 'stri) and terminatin in sharp prongs 1-1 which penetrate the cloth Without injury thereto, :and'thus hold'th'e cloth in fixed relation to the strips. These retainers are convenient for holding the cloth in place, and after one strip with re-l 'talners thereon has been pressed a ainst a portion of the cloth and the vprongs 1% or" said retainers'hare been caused'toengage the cloth, then said retainers 'Willholdthe cloth in the proper position relative to the strip. until the companion strip has been placed 111 its proper position to'hold -the cloth, and the two strips have been secured together by rings 2 whereupon the reg t ainers 11 may "be Withdr H11. Elon'efver, by practicethe user of the device will become sufficiently. adept in placing the strips in position and will tainers.

16 indicates astretcher pin formedof not need to use the re- Wirerandhaving an elongated loop 17 and at one end a prong or pin 18 too fine to 1n-' jure the cloth and at the other end a bearing ln enrberl9r Thisholder pin is placed so that its loop 17 engages a narrow'end h or a strip, said loopbeing of'suchlength slightly outward, or

that it may be passed only a short distance onto the strip, it being observed that the strip taper at their ends. The pin; Will then project beyond the strip, In addition to the 1oop17 and the pin 18 said Wire' 16 is bent to surround the pin 18 and form a' stop for limiting the passage of thepin through the cloth, and also at its other terminal portion to form a bearing 20 to bear against the side of the strip oppositetothat engaged by the pin, This deylce is used in placing" the 'first st'r ipfoi each pair in posltion. The stretcher pin is placed upon one end of the first strlp and then engages the cloth in the "proper location and holds the adjacentendof the strip in" place until the other end 01: the st'rlp'has been brought to its proper p'o'sitionwand the cloth is folded ad acent' to sa idstrip. The other strip of the pair is then )laced on'the other 7 side oi 'the'clo'th and tie rin 's )laced on e I I said pair oft strlps 1n the manner before explained. s

I clann: v i Y V 1. In combination with one of a pair of strips for pressing the'rebetween the cloth of a garment, a retainer for holding said'cloth' to said strips consisting of a pieceof who having a central yoke shaped handle, portions spaced apart and extending sub'stajn ti-ally at right angles to'the plane of the lrandle; and adapted to engage opposite edges of the strip, engaging the cloth.

[and terminal prongs for In combination with one of a pair of strips for pressing there betn'e'en the cloth oi a garment, a stretcher pin consisting of a single piece or" ire haringa loop-shaped portion for surrounding a -tapering end of the strip and ofsuflici'ent length to permit it to be passe'd only a short distance on said end, andtemninatingina pinadap'ted to penetrate the'cloth.

)ortion of a 'ar'nient a stretcher Jlll j i 3'. In @0111011'121131011 With a fiatstripfwhioh' is one of at pair of strips for'con pressmga formed ofa single pie'ceof wire and com- .7

n'isin 'alooato surround thefen'd of the strip, a terminal pointed portion orf-pin to penetrate the cloth, a portionsurrounding the'pin to form a stop for limiting the passage of the pin through the cloth' anda ter' minal bearing portion for bearing upon ALFRED snowird the sideof the strip opposite to that en- 

